What is CVE-2023-50475?

CVE-2023-50475 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Bcoin, classified under Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm. CVSS score: 9.1/10. Published 2023-12-21.

How severe is CVE-2023-50475?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.1 out of 10.

Is CVE-2023-50475 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Bcoin

CVE-2023-50475

An issue was discovered in bcoin-org bcoin version 2.2.0, allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via weak hashing algorithms in the component \vendor\faye-websocket.js.

Vulnerability class: POODLE (CVE-2014-3566)

EPSS: 0.005 (42.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.1 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Bcoin — versions 2.2.0
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-327 — Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm

Public proof-of-concept exploits

fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit)
cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-50475?: CVE-2023-50475 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Bcoin, classified under Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm. CVSS score: 9.1/10. Published 2023-12-21.
How severe is CVE-2023-50475?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-50475 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.